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International Commercial Arbitration & International Commercial Law Research: Legal Articles

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Current Articles & Working Papers in Publicly Accessible Databases

To find articles in Digital Commons Network's Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Commons click here and use the "Search this Commons" box (top right)

Note: If a proceeding is covered in UNCTAD's Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator: enter a case name > click: link to the case > view: Links to Background Sources  

To find working papers, unpublished articles, recently published articles and pre-prints of selected book chapters, search:

SSRN

Includes legal, business, economic and accounting papers and articles submitted by scholars in many countries.

bePress Legal Repository 

"Scholarly Materials" in Publicly Accessible UN CISG Bibliography

To find articles about the UN CISG and international sales law, search:

CISG Bibliography (under development) in CISG-online (publicly accessible database)

Scholarly Materials in Pace University School of Law's CISG Database (publicly accessible database) 

Note: One needs to create a free account and log in to search the Scholarly Materials in the Pace CISG Database.

Articles in Kluwer Arbitration (a subscription database)

To find articles published in sources such as Arbitration International, ASA Bulletin, Asian Dispute Review, Asian International Arbitration Journal,  International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Journal of International Arbitration, Revue de l'Arbitrage, SchiedsVZ/German Arbitration Journal, and Spain Arbitration Review/Revista del Club Español del Arbitraje, search:  

Kluwer Arbitration (subscription database--in BLS Library's SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION--(WOLTERS KLUWER).

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Tip: Search by keyword(s) > limit search results to publication type: Journals.

 

Articles in Westlaw (a subscription database)

To find articles published in sources such as American Review of International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution Journal, International Arbitration Law Review, Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration + many other law journals, search:

Westlaw: International Arbitration: Journals

Westlaw: Secondary Sources > by type: Law Reviews & Journals

Westlaw: World Journals

Articles in ICSID Review (a subscription journal)

To find articles published in ICSID Review, access:

ICSID Review (subscription journal--in BLS Library's SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION)

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Articles in Journal of International Dispute Settlement (a subscription journal)

To find articles published in Journal of International Dispute Settlement, access:

Journal of International Dispute Settlement (subscription journal--in BLS Library's SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION)

Tip: Also available: More Content > Advance Articles

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Articles in Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) (a subscription journal)

To find articles published in TDM (Transnational Dispute Management) journal, access: 

Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) (subscription journal--in BLS Library's SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION)

Tip: View Advance Publications on the home page.

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Articles in Uniform Law Review

To find articles published in Uniform Law Review, access: 

Uniform Law Review  (subscription law review)  Note: 1-year embargo on accessing current issues in Legal Source; 3-year embargo on accessing current issues in Hein

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Regional Reviews in Global Arbitration Review (a subscription source w/ some free content)

To find regional overviews of arbitration developments access:

Global Arbitration Review  Select a regional review > click: "read now."  Selected material is available to read without charge.  BLS Library does not have a subscription to this source.

Indexes of Legal Articles

To find published legal articles, search these indexes:

Legal Source (subscription database, accessible off-campus in non-BLS housing through BLS proxy server) provides 1,200+ full-text journals and over 2.5 million records, including book reviews and case citations.

Westlaw (subscription database): Legal Journals Index (1986-)

Focus: Legal articles published in the U.K. and English-language legal articles published in Europe.

Westlaw (subscription database): Legal Resource Index (1980-)

Focus: Legal articles published in the U.S. + some articles published in Australia, Canada, the U.K., and New Zealand.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (subscription database) (1960-)

Focus: Worldwide.  Problem: Researchers generally cannot find articles from the current year through this index.